Glove turning device



July 4, 1950 JR 2,513,612

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2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Oct. 20, 19 47 July 4, 1950 J. H. ALBERDING, JR

GLOVE TURNING DEVIOE 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Oct. 20, 1947 Patented July 4, 1950 GLOVE TURNINQ John H. Alberding, Jr., Decatur ,inii.

Application October 20, 1947, Serial No. 780,961

1 Claim.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in glove turning devices.

The primary object of my invention is to provide a device of this character, in which heat is used to promote greater ease in turning the fingers of the glove right side out.

A further object of my invention is to provide a glove turning device that will facilitate speed and save waste in operation, and will eliminate the possibility of tearing the ends of the fingers of the glove in turning. This tearing or damage to the ends of the fingers is known in the vernacular of the trade as punch outs.

A still further object of my invention is to provide a glove turning device that is relatively simple and economical in construction and highly efficient and durable in use.

With the foregoing and other objects in view that will appear as the nature of my invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts illustrated in the accompanying drawings and more particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

- In the accompanying drawings, which are for illustrative purposes only and are therefore no drawn to scale:

Figure 1 is a side elevation ofthe assembly.

Figure 2 is a vertical longitudinal section, taken on line 2-4 of Figure 1, with the plunger in elevation position, and the parts represented on an enlarged scale.

Figure 3 is a similar view, with the plunger down.

Figure 4 is a horizontal section, taken on line 4-4 of Figure 2, and Figure 5 is a fragmentary elevational view of a turning tube of the fourfingered type.

Referring to the drawings for a more particular description of my invention and in which drawings like parts are designated by like reference characters throughout the several views, A designates the work table or bench on which the device is mounted, B the turningtube and C the plunger which is manually operated by foot or other suitable power.

Specifically, the turning tube B comprises an outer hollow cylindrical perpendicular tube consisting of the lower body portion 2 and the upper reduced neck portion 3. The lower end of the body portion 2 is exteriorly threaded, as at 4, for screw threaded engagement with the central interiorly threaded boss 5, of the flat disc-shaped base 6, fastened to the top of the table A adjacent one edge thereof, by means of the fastening screws 1 or other equivalent means.

A hollow ejector sleeve =8 fits in the upper end of the tube 1 and is formed at its lower end with the interiorly threaded head 9. An elongated cylindrical heating element Ill is inserted in the ejector sleeve 8, and a small coil spring I l is positioned under said heating element in order to hold the latter firmly in place. Insulated electric wires l2 are connected at their upper ends to the lower end of the heating element [0, and extend through the tubular housing member [3. The lower end of the housing member I3 extends through a corresponding central opening M in the base 6 and through and below the table top, while the upper end of said housing member is formed with an exteriorly threaded nipple [5, which screws in the interiorly threaded opening it of the head 9 and retains the heating element [9 in the ejector sleeve 8.

A coil spring I! encircles the housing member l3, with its upper end bearing against the flange i8 situated immediately below the nipple l5 and its lower end resting on the top of the base. The

spring llexerts the necessary tension to eject the finger of the glove from the turning tube.

A very important feature of my invention is the use of heat, which may be generated either by electricity or steam, in the tube I over which the fingers of the glove must slide. When electricity is used as the heating agent, the amount of heat employed is controlled by a rheostat (not shown).

My glove turning device is especially designed for leather and leather palm work gloves, and the heat will prevent the glove from adhering to the tube, thus allowing the glove to slide freely over the outside and reducing to a minimum the amount of tension on the ejector spring [1, which forces the finger back out of the tube after the same has been turned right side out.

A machine of the single tub-e type is preferable when heavy leather is used, while a multiple type tube is more successfully employed on more pli-' able or light weight leather.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the drawings, it is thought that the construction, operation and advantages of my invention will be readily understood, without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportions and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of my invention, as defined in the appended claim.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

A glove turning device of the character specihousing connected to the lower end of the ejector tube and the lower end thereof extending through and below the top of 'the table, "and a coil spring encircling the housing and tending to hold the housing and ejector tube in =ed psi tion. v 7

JOHN H. ALBERDING, JR.

4 REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS:

Number Name Date 1,744,859 Baum Jan. 28, 1930 2,286,058 Brownstein June 9, 1942 

